I lay to rest
Dreams sweep over me
Call it flying
Drifting back into myself
I call it freedom
I write poems
In between my thoughts
Rest exists in the beyond
A full world inside
My own invention
I wonder why I wander
I wake, I sleep
Touching all that is within reach
The stars call my names
Illuminating my path
Capture every emotion
There is art in
Stolen little glimpses
Unwinding is understanding
The recesses
I am never lost
I wonder
All the whys
Live all the lives
Love all the loves
When I leave all behind
There is nothing else
I hold onto laughter and tears
Kept in the safety
Of my own palm
Anywhere I go, there you are
Everything in me
Runs to you, with you
I will keep on finding
My song, my dance
Words, as they come to me,
I lay them down
What is left unsaid matters
At the break of dawn
Each day is new
I hold today's unknowns
Like dreams
Images that don't yet exist
Elusive yet palpable
Remnants of lives well lived
I will make an impression
Not merely exist
Poetry Salvage
a place for words and abominations
Friday, January 4, 2019
Thursday, December 27, 2018
Midnight Poem
I have things to say
Nothing original
You know that already
I like how well you know that
I am not profound
I called myself a writer
I let you read what I wrote too
I recited my works aloud
For you
To hear them in my voice; and that is my why
I take the time
To take the time
Be Still is my mantra
So, I tell you everything, I feel
Every feeling becomes more real
I take your picture
So I can continue on loving you
I can keep you, seeing you
The way you once looked
At me
Your eyes glassy with truths
Only I can see
I tell you, I feel every ounce of it
The weight you carry
Makes me want to hold you more
A person cannot live their whole entire life
Without soup
That is not a life worth living
There is so much
I didn’t not know
I get perspective.
So many
People are more gifted than me, or less
And, I have everything In life
Or I have nothing
Depending on the day, both
Glass can be blown under a flame
Or it can shatter when you let go
Love whispers and waits
Beauty waiting to born, it cannot be
Kept safely at a distance
So I will be a dream chaser
I will also go nowhere
And dream of what will come to me
There is no reason
I just will
And now it is already
Tomorrow
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Ode to Manchego
Oh how I crave you, dear Manchego
I long for your nutty richness
On my tongue
My Sweetness, you are delicate in nature
You are a lover in my mouth
I hunger for more of you each day
I no longer can deny
How you complement the seediness
Of my cracker
You give more than I deserve
You are a well aged
Beauty Sophisticated, cultured and refined
So good, you come from the finest breed
I will travel miles for you
You never disappoint me
Faithful and true, aged to perfection
Unassuming in your greatness
My dreams make me ache for you
Full bodied, only you can deliver
Everything I need
Wise one, I thank you for your presence
You fill my indulgent desires with your rustic woody notes
My love-longing satisfied with your fat
Mi Corazón, mi queso Manchego
Together, we make the perfect pairing
Sunday, April 29, 2018
Menstruation
I love you who challenges me
Just hours before the pink moon rises
You bring me your crimson gift
Flowing rose petals flutter between my thighs
You arrive
When you’re around
Liquid flows from my body in various forms
Tears of vulnerability
Flow freely
I float in salted water and my elements
I spend time reflecting
Horizontal in my position
When I stand, I’m reminded of your presence
Because you run from me
Violently
I am a blooming rose, spectacular and beautiful
Red blood pumping through my heart
Blood red running down my legs
Swollen uterus, empty womb
I embrace this life of bleeding
At 43, I hug my emptiness
Soon I won’t ride these waves again
No longer do I desire to be full with baby, full in breast
You and I will say goodbye
I wait for the day that I am my own again
Just hours before the pink moon rises
You bring me your crimson gift
Flowing rose petals flutter between my thighs
You arrive
When you’re around
Liquid flows from my body in various forms
Tears of vulnerability
Flow freely
I float in salted water and my elements
I spend time reflecting
Horizontal in my position
When I stand, I’m reminded of your presence
Because you run from me
Violently
I am a blooming rose, spectacular and beautiful
Red blood pumping through my heart
Blood red running down my legs
Swollen uterus, empty womb
I embrace this life of bleeding
At 43, I hug my emptiness
Soon I won’t ride these waves again
No longer do I desire to be full with baby, full in breast
You and I will say goodbye
I wait for the day that I am my own again
Saturday, April 21, 2018
Ode To Christa
Oh, glorious Christa
You are to be celebrated
Sweet in your manner, usually
You smell like lavender flowers, mint and patchouli
I love how you cut your bangs without permission
I also love the way you resist patriarchy too
There is so much to love about you
Your wit, sincerity and wandering soul
A woman of depth, strength and fire
I love to see you grow
We have created meaningful memories
Even if your husband disapproves of me
You bake the best cookies, brownies
And now you bake my banana bread recipe
So charmingly, in your apron, you bake in your kitchen
I crave your lentils; your charismatic legumes
When I hold your baby girl, I want her
Because she is part of you
You plant strawberries in your garden
Later, I see your blossoms bloom
One year ago today we met
I cannot promise an ode each year
No matter time or space
We shall be sisters, my kindred spirit
You are extraordinary in so many ways
I hope you know it
You radiant, glowing, woman that belongs to no one
This is my way of showing
My love for you will never stop growing
Until
The End
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Untitled
There is so much
Love to love
I feel the space
Between us
To do just that
Feeling feelings
Is my way of living,
My way of freedom
I've always maintained
I cannot be contained
My mind wanders
I refuse to label my humaness
I will just own
Who I am
And, still you love me
Fully
More than I could know
I exist in the wilderness
Floating in the thickness of the clouds
Resisting the ground that calls me back
Why do I love you so?
Every time, the answer is
Because you love me first
For my whole life
I will choose
You
Monday, March 5, 2018
My Process
If you have never been lonely
You are more alone
Than me
If all your time is full
You are not your own
Best Friend
If you've never doubted
If you've never wondered, wandered
You don't know where home really is
If life is too easy
You haven't lived
One minute
If you don't question everything
You have nothing
Real
If you haven't been restless
You are not well
Rested
I've been both dead, and alive
Second chances
Are my way of life
I wonder, I wander
I search, I seek
I keep on living, keep on loving
Whispers of judgments
Hover in the air
Surrounding my freedom
I've gotten so skilled
Learning to reject
What doesn't serve me well
It's not easy to accept
All of my
Freedom
I will keep going
Where the green grass is greener
I will be a dream chaser
All of my life
I will soak up, I will soak in
The sun
It's the sun that keeps calling
Again each morning
I wake up
To live
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